EventsThe exhibition, set up at the Museum of Fashion and Costume in Palazzo Pitti, extended until September 20, 2020, traces an itinerary on the role and function of Roman shoes: from the sturdy spiked military shoes, to the sophisticated sandals of patrician ladies, which made the female foot seductive, to the sturdy men's shoes stopped with braided leather that enhanced the anatomy of the extremities. These artifacts, the work of skilled craftsmen, are illustrated in detail by ancient statues and later inspired copies created by skilled craftsmen for the characters in historical films and colossal sixties that evoked the life and costumes of imperial Rome. Later on, those shoes were revisited by famous designers, who interpreted the shoe as an accessory related to the dress, able to reflect the personality of the wearer, to show its character: from the provocative sensuality of the high heel, to the elegant dynamism of the low heel moccasin, from the minimal but not anonymous shapes and cuts, to the imaginative revisitation of ancient models, more imaginary than real. time: Tuesday - Sunday, 8.30 - 13.30 Florence Museums 055-290383
On the occasion of the 2024 edition of Salone del Mobile, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte is pleased to present the eighth edition of “Doppia Firma. A dialogue between design and artisanal excellence” a project developed with Living, the interiors, design and lifestyle magazine of Corriere della Sera, under the patronage of the Michelangelo Foundation […]
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Milan hosted the first Made in Italy Festival: the new Eccellenza Artigiana initiative that connects students with the opportunities offered by the Italian economy of “high quality savoir-faire”. Fondazione Cologni has been an institutional partner of the event and presented to the young audience the project of training internships “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di […]
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Nominations for the Starhotels Award, now in its third edition, closed on Friday, March 22, 2024. The chosen theme, “Souvenir of the Grand Tour”, has aroused great interest in the artisan world: many nominations were received from all over Italy, with very different types and often highly original interpretations. After screening by the prestigious Jury […]
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Composer Gustav Mahler said that tradition “is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” An image that seems to fit Naples perfectly: not only because of its relationship with a tradition so famous that it has become iconic, but also because of the vital substratum that pulses beneath the heart of this […]
